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Email Effectiveness
I’m old enough to remember life before “Smart” Phones, Cell Phones, PDAs, and Email. Heck, I still remember the smell of the mimeograph machine when I was in elementary school. Today I have a “Smart” phone; you know part mobile phone, part PDA, part computer, and it contains everything about your day-to-day life; including pictures [...]
More Fun With Carbon Copy
Perhaps it is a sign I have too much time on my hands, or I should really get a good hobby: but : I spent some time going through my mailbox with all my mails from one of my last projects and came up with the following theory: The carbon copy (cc) function [...]
Avoiding Communication Pitfalls
Ugh, the communication pitfall. We’ve all fallen into them. The question is, can you get out? Or better still, can you avoid them next time? Here are a few common ones:
Our product spec change discussions happened over email, and now I can’t tell what we decided on, much less find the supporting material!
I seem to [...]
HERMAN THE PM’S WOE: Has Email become RADIO?
Read this week’s blogs and SAVE at least 3 project days a year of time wasted:
This week’s blogs help you change the way people use and waste your time. Let’s share the truth about WHAT and WHO is really killing you. Good news: it is ALL small stuff. This week’s focus is project housekeeping: Email, [...]
The “e” in Email
Alright, I’ve had it with project leaders who think that the whole job can be done from a keyboard! I recently helped one of my client companies hire a project manager for a professional services business. The CEO told me they wanted help because “The last 3 project managers didn’t work out.” [...]
